Retired Power Plant Site
BrownfieldFt Green, Hardee, Florida · Seminole Electric Cooperative Inc
Retired Power Plant Site is a oil plant in Ft Green, Hardee, Florida. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 1,560 MW of generation, so the grid hookup, transmission rights, and often cooling-water access are already in place — collapsing the speed-to-power timeline versus a greenfield build.
Former use & capacity
Grid hookup & remediation
Site conditions & market — Hardee County
County-level intelligence for this site's location — the power economics, water, hazard, connectivity, and workforce a developer screens before ever visiting. Assembled from FEMA NRI, BLS QCEW, FCC BDC, USGS water-use, and EIA.
Market & workforce
Power economics & interconnection
Water & cooling
Hazard, flood & connectivity
County-level context — address-level utility offerings and flood zoning vary within the county. Confirm site-specific service with the utility and a Phase I ESA.
Nearby brownfield & retired-generation sites
A proximity screen of other retired-plant, contaminated, and EPA-flagged sites near Retired Power Plant Site — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polk | natural gas plant | 1,859 | 11.3 mi | — |
| Hines Energy Complex | natural gas plant | 1,034 | 11.2 mi | — |
| Midulla Generating Station | oil plant | 555 | 7.3 mi | — |
| Avon Park | natural gas plant | 67 | 21.8 mi | — |
| Wheelabrator Ridge Energy | former biomass site | 46 | 27.6 mi | — |
Derived from GridCensus's retired-generator & EPA brownfield dataset. Not a substitute for an ASTM E1527 Phase I environmental radius report.
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Nearby datacenter candidate sites
Scored candidate sites near Retired Power Plant Site, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH ELOISE | Substation-Adjacent | FL | Polk County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 67.4 |
| OZ Polk | Greenfield | FL | Polk | — | — | 3.6 yrs | 67.0 |
| UNKNOWN108701 | Substation-Adjacent | FL | Polk County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 67.0 |
| UNKNOWN127935 | Substation-Adjacent | FL | Hillsborough County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 66.6 |
| EATON PARK | Substation-Adjacent | FL | Polk County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 66.4 |
| FISHHAWK | Substation-Adjacent | FL | Hillsborough County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 66.4 |
| UNKNOWN125381 | Substation-Adjacent | FL | Polk County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 66.3 |
| EC Near Larsen Memorial | Greenfield | FL | Polk | — | — | 3.6 yrs | 66.3 |
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Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.
Brownfield attributes are derived from EIA retired-generator and EPA public data. Existing capacity reflects the retired plant's historical nameplate, not deliverable interconnection for a new load. Confirm reusable interconnection rights, remediation status, and site availability with the utility, ISO, and current owner.
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